Nomad Capitalist Live

Andrew conducts an interesting experiment during this week’s introduction. Is there a strong correlation between countries with friendly business practices, and countries with low debt to GDP? Andrew takes a look at several countries, and their GDP rates, on this week’s episode. Stay tuned till the end of his segment to find out the answer to this question!

Key Takeaways:

Andrew's Editorial:

[2:10] Greece is currently one of the worst three countries, in terms of debt to GDP.

[3:50] If you go to Montenegro, the Balkans, they really roll out the red carpet for you.

[5:40] Bulgaria has one of the lowest debt to GDP in the EU.

[6:10] Andrew reads off some of the countries that are doing well, when it comes to their debt.

[7:45:] Andrew wants to see if he can make a correlation between countries with friendly business practices and countries with good GDP.

[10:00] Andrew believes Chile has the right culture, but their economy has reached a peak, and it will drop a little bit.

[13:45] Andrew notes that the countries with good GDP are not located in the West.

[15:40] In the U.S., no matter what happens, it will never go down to a 10% flat corporate and personal tax rate. Trump has offered a 15% corporate tax rate, and economists say that it can’t be done.

[16:25] Andrew doesn’t say this to sound angry, but he believes the U.S. is the most corrupt country on earth.

[19:00] Conclusion: In many cases the objective business-friendly numbers and the public finances, in countries where they treat their people the best, do match up!

[20:55] The state of California is like a Kardashian. Andrew explains further.

Interview:

[23:15] Why did Ashley want to be an entrepreneur?

[25:50] Ashley can do a majority of her business by computer and by phone.

[26:45] A majority of Ashley’s business is specialized in the sharing economy.

[27:55] If you want to be a disrupter, you just have to do it! Ashley has stopped asking for permission.